Controlled names derived from the AMNH Library catalog.
For use with uncontrolled names found in AMNH documentation.
Raven took over William Louis Abbott's role as leader of the Smithsonian expedition to Borneo and Celebes
Cape-to-Cairo expedition co-led by Raven and Homer Shantz. Organized by the Smithsonian and the American Commission to Negotiate Peace with the goal of establishing an inquiry into the crop producing possibilities of Africa. Created: a vegetation map of the areas traversed as well as identifying plant resources from the regions that could have potential use in future development in Africa or possible value to the United States. The crew also collected hundreds of seeds that could be grown in the United States for agricultural purposes. The photographic documentation served later as a valuable tool for tracking the changing vegetation of the African landscape.
Good will exchanges between Australian and American museums; Plans to create an Australian Hall in the AMNH
Lerner New Zealand expedition aimed to secure big game fishes, photos, and other materials on the natural history of New Zealand and Australia
This trip was filmed by AMNH curator of anatomy Henry Cushier Raven, whose main function on the trip was to do anatomical studies on the game fish (mostly swordfish and marlin) caught by the Lerners. In addition to game fish, Raven was able to film several marine mammals and a variety of shore and water birds. http://bit.ly/H0gH9v
This trip was filmed by AMNH curator of anatomy Henry Cushier Raven, whose main function on the trip was to do anatomical studies on the game fish (mostly swordfish and marlin) caught by the Lerners. In addition to game fish, Raven was able to film several marine mammals and a variety of shore and water birds. http://bit.ly/H0gH9v
http://lccn.loc.gov/n79059221
To gather specimens and materials from the Tuna group and study swordfish and marlin
Henry C. Raven's love for natural history combined with his talent for taxidermy led to a coveted position in 1907 at the American Museum of Natural History as an associate in the Department of Preparation. (1) After a few years of exhibition arrangement, Raven left New York in 1910 and accepted a specimen collecting position at the Colorado Museum of Natural History. (2) Only two short years later, in 1912, Raven was hired by the Smithsonian as a fresh, enthusiastic natural historian to carry on the work of William Louis Abbott and lead their expedition to the East Indies, collecting specimens for display. He spent the next ten years exploring the world in Australia, India, Peru, Greenland and beyond gathering species data and photographing natural habitats for various institutions. His contributions to mammalogy, comparative anatomy, and field photography are indispensable as we continue to understand more about the habitats and musculature evolution of animal species. Raven’s later work as Curator of Comparative Anatomy for the AMNH made it possible for him to utilize more of his skills as an expert taxidermist, dissecting and illustrating various species of whales and primates for the study of muscle structure and evolutionary patterns in development. His attention to detail both in his research notes and his scientific illustrations remain a benchmark for future study.
Outside of the scientific field, Raven is best known for his unofficial adoption of Meshie, a small infant chimpanzee he purchased while exploring the Congo in 1929. Meshie, who was popular with the local media, lived with Raven’s family for many years before being transferred to a zoo in Chicago as an adult. Upon her death, Meshie was returned to the ownership of the AMNH and now resides in the Hall of Primates. (3)
Raven died in 1944 at age 55 from an acute malarial infection most likely contracted on his very first expedition in 1912 to Borneo and Celebes. (4)
Daughter
Daughter
Son
Wife; nee- Aurousseau
Brother
Sister
Sister
Research Associate
Friend; Previous Employer; co-author
co-author
co-leader on the Cape-to-Cairo Expedition
Sponsor of expeditions
Raven took over for Abbott during his first expedition for the Smithsonian in 1912 to Borneo and Celebes
Chimpanzee Raven brought back to his home in 1931 after his Africa expedition. Meshie is now preserved and on display in the American Museum of Natural History's Hall of Primates.
Faculty Assistant to William K. Gregory
Lecturer
Student, Curator
Department of Preparation, 1944?: Curator of Comparative Anatomy
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Repository: AMNH Department of Mammalogy, MAM 41
Note: Hypsiprymnodon (No Suggestions) glass slides and prints
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Repository: AMNH Department of Mammalogy, MAM 44
Note: Field photographs and slides from expeditions to West Africa, Sierra Leone, Greenland and New South Wales
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Repository: AMNH Department of Mammalogy, MAM 48
Note: Department of Mammalogy staff photographs
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Repository: AMNH Department of Mammalogy
Note: Field books relating to expeditions to Australia, Greenland, and Madagascar; Field books relating to Anatomy of a Gorilla
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: approximately 391 prints
Repository: AMNH Special Collections, drawer 189
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 3 boxes
Repository: AMNH Special Collections, PPC .R38
Note: Field Photographs, portraits, one photo print of Meshie
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: approximately 306 photographic prints
Repository: AMNH Special Collections, PPC .G75
Note: Field photographs, series A. Australia Expedition, 1921-1922
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 1 reel
Repository: AMNH Special Collections, Microfilm #30
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 1 video recording
Repository: AMNH Film Collection, no. 203
Note: Glimpses of Australian natural history (1939)
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 1 video recording
Repository: AMNH Film Collection, no. 205
Note: Peru to Ecuador (1941) (Henry C. Raven, photographer)
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 1 video recording
Repository: AMNH Film Collection, no. 285
Note: The Vernay-Hopwood Chindwin expedition (1935)
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 1 video recording
Repository: AMNH Film Collection, no. 213
Note: Meshie, child of a chimpanzee (1932?)
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 1 video recording
Repository: AMNH Film Collection, no. 38
Note: Meshie (1953) (part of the CBS/AMNH Adventure television series)
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 1 video recording
Repository: AMNH Film Collection, no. 212
Note: Men of Science (1938)
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: 1 Field journal
Repository: Smithsonian Institution, SIA RU007178
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Extent: Field catalogue
Repository: AMNH Department of Ornithology, spec no. 1-200, entries 200363-489
Note: First Australian Expedition of the AMNH Birds; Bound 27x20cm.
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Repository: New York State Historical Documents
Note: Photographs documenting the field work of Michael Lerner and Henry C. Raven in Australia and New Zealand, including material collected from the New Zealand Tourist Bureau. Photographs show shoreline views and geological formations, birds, and fish including swordfish and marlin. Also, village and street scenes. Several specimens were also exhibited at the 1940 World's Fair in New York. Photographs were taken by Ludwig Ferraglio, Frank Ramsay, and Henry Cushier Raven. Copy photographs by Thane L. Bierwert and Charles H. Coles. Photographs are identified.
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Repository: New York State Historical Documents
Note: Photographs of zoological specimens collected, expedition events, tribal life, and expedition members including scientist and photographer Henry Cushier Raven, and scientists James Howard McGregor, William King Gregory, and Earl T. Engle. Locales include Zaire (the Belgian Congo), West Africa, Cameroon, Lake Kivu and Chilinda.
Creator: Henry Cushier Raven
Repository: New York State Historical Documents
Note: Photographs documenting fieldwork including field portraits of Eskimos and expedition members; and polar bears and walrus. Locations include Cape York, Holstenborg, Baffin Bay, and Upernivik.
Creator: Bard Graduate Center
Note: From April 4 to August 3, 2013, the Bard Graduate Center presented this exhibition (and corresponding publication) curated by Erin Hasinoff.